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That’s it. I give up. LED Headlights, Fog Lights and light bars?

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by otterinthewater, Jan 17, 2019.

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  1. Jan 17, 2019 #1
    otterinthewater

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    You guys win.

    You know who you are.

    I like to drive at night. For all the right reasons. More miles, less traffic, and the occasional animal that hucks themself in front of the truck that causes a brief moment of pure panic. Which reminds me, why do people say “I hit a deer”. Unless you drove off the road into the forrest the deer hit you. I want to see that deers license and insurance, but they’re always conveniently dead. ########. Anyway I digress.

    So, where was I?

    Oh ya. I GIVE UP!

    What in the ever living #### is up with these morons with LED headlights, LED lightbars, and LED fog lights??

    They turn them all on and blind the #### out of me. Where’s DOT or the police on this? Last night a guys lights were so bright I flashed him. I never do that. But it was insane. I realized later that he must’ve had about 7,000,000 candle power (I hope that’s a lot I don’t know ####) and his lights reflecting off the moon must’ve prevented him from seeing my 55w H11 cheap ### company bulbs. Also why is it always the beat down as #### O/O trucks that have the ability to light up a nascar track? It’s never the shiny 379 or new Volvo 860. It’s always some tired as #### Century or worse.

    Since I’m losing this battle I’m going all in. I want the retina burners that will make Superman shade his eyes. I want power. I want lights that cripple airports.

    Where do I get them? I looked on amazon and all I did was get confused. Help.
     
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  3. Jan 17, 2019 #2
    IluvCATS

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    I win?
     
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  4. Jan 17, 2019 #3
    truckdriver31

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    2nd that led over kill
     
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  5. Jan 17, 2019 #4
    Moosetek13

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    Back in the day I had a set of 8" amber spot beams that put out 1,000,000 candle power each with 100W bulbs.
    They would give me daylight for over a mile.
    You should see those things in fog. Golden phasers from Star Trek for several hundred feet in the densest fog.

    I have seen those bright LED lights. They do not compete at that level, but they are quite annoying.
     
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  7. Jan 17, 2019 #5
    Cattleman84

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    Yep 7 Million candle power is a lot... A light that bright stuck in the south end of a north bound cow would make said cow glow!... Lol

    Back in my cowboying days I had a 2 million Candle power spot light... I could see black cattle at nearly 3/8 of a mile on the darkest of nights.
     
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  8. Jan 17, 2019 #6
    BCV

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    The deer isn't crossing the road. The road is crossing the forest.
     
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  9. Jan 17, 2019 #7
    x1Heavy

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    In the old days a million power sunbeam took care of certain issues at night.

    But we don't have to worry about that now.
     
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  10. Jan 17, 2019 #8
    IluvCATS

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    Can’t beat them? Join them. Get super brights and a pair of sunglasses. Then everyone is just blasting each other!
     
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  11. Jan 17, 2019 #9
    TIMPTE 527

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    :cheers: I win too...When I encounter those guys I just turn my BRIGHTS on and leave them on until I they pass by. :) BTW this MELS at Boomtown has great food!
     
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  12. Jan 17, 2019 #10
    homeskillet

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    I was reading cattleman's post, and expecting the Frequent Poster.

    He must get a text alert whenever someone posts "mountain", "old days", "old iron", "Hunts Point", or "76 truck stop".
     
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